
Directing
Jamie Babbit
Born 1970-11-16 · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Jamie Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films But I'm a Cheerleader, The Quiet and Itty Bitty Titty Committee. She has also directed episodes of television programs including Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle, Nip/Tuck and The L Word. She is involved with film production company POWER UP. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Babbit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
4.2Underage sexual activity is one of the most taboo subjects on screen. The film traces the history and representation of adolescent love and sexual behavior from Splendor on the Grass to Thirteen. It examines both the sensational teen films of the 1980s and more modern youth cinema as mediums through which teen movies play a central role in adolescent sex education.
Indie Sex: Teens
2008
7.1Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
6.6At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.
Half the Picture
2018
For the 25th anniversary of the beloved American dramedy television series Gilmore Girls, this documentary explores the show's role in American cultural history, as well as include never-before-seen cast interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from crew, writers, and directors.
Searching for Stars Hollow
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8.0Imagine a treacly high-school docudrama about acceptance, cliques, and the secret shames of peer pressure. Now imagine it set in a world where all anyone cares about is plumbing, and the ultimate social crime is to cast a longing glance at a box of electrical supplies.
Aisle Six
1991
Behind the camera
7.1Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
But I'm a Cheerleader
2000
6.1After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.
The Quiet
2005
5.3When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her identity, career and boyfriend in this hilarious comedy about trading places.
The Stand In
2020
5.4A naive college student loses a scholarship at the hands of a classmate and makes a pact with a mysterious friend to kill off each other's enemies.
Breaking the Girls
2013
4.0A morgue beautician is trying to get over her ex-girlfriend.
Sleeping Beauties
1999
4.0A morgue beautician is trying to get over her ex-girlfriend.
Sleeping Beauties
1999
NRThe sequel to the 2023 film. Plot TBA.
Red, White & Royal Wedding
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5.2Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fresno, go to ludicrous lengths to cover up an accidental crime.
Addicted to Fresno
2015
5.5High School grad and all American gal, Anna, finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
2007
4.9Two aging lesbians have a heated argument that leads to an unexpected outcome involving a traffic accident deep in the California desert.
Stuck
2001
1.0Tale of life, love and the pursuit of happiness... in Cleveland. Nine vignettes about love: an old war hero defends the honor and memory of a long-lost love; a man's past comes to light in the midst of a perfect date; a recently separated paramedic gets more than he bargains for when he is thrust in the middle of a domestic dispute; a desperate man employs his friends in an elaborate scheme to meet the girl of his dreams, a recovering sex addict returns home to start a new life. There are thousands of stories of love, lust, loss and despair all over Cleveland-these are just a few of them.
Made in Cleveland
2013
6.0In Jamie Babbit's student film, Thelma gets harassed by Darryl, across the street.
Discharge
1994
6.0In Jamie Babbit's student film, Thelma gets harassed by Darryl, across the street.
Discharge
1994
10.0A granola-cruncher, too Earth-conscious to swat away a fly that lands on his cheek, bicycles to the countryside. He aims to celebrate the titular creature's mating season and protect its path across a country road. Unfortunately, other humans driving by aren't quite so respectful of nature’s dignity or his. Ari Gold co-wrote and co-directed with Jamie Babbit.
Frog Crossing
1996